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That eBay manifold is a disaster!

Hi guys, sorry for the delay in replying. Thanks for your comments.
It is rather an odd situation with my engine. It has all been rebuilt about three years ago, rings bearings, rebuilt head, rear oil seal kit etc. We have used the car quite a lot and it is a superb little machine ( one of the rare original RHD 1500s) .Recently we were out in it and noticed a slight noise from the engine. Took...

Back in my engineering days if you hit your thumb or finger and went to the works surgery hole in the nail was always the way they released pressure. As Jan says instant relief.

Trev

"He heated a needle in a spirit lamp and melted a hole in my nail."

Wince and cringe. Jeez. Makes me shudder to think.

Another stupid action. A few years ago I was building a wall in the garden. I had finished for the day, showered and had my dinner. I then noticed a couple of heavy clinker blocks on the lawn so thought I would move them. Went into the garden in my slippers and just as expected dropped one of them onto my big toe. Over the next hour the throbbing in my toe became intollerable so went ot A&E. The d...

I'm getting random shooting pains that sound a bit like you describe guy. And if I touch the base of my thumb. Almost constant ache, but every now and then, a 'shock' type pain.

And very oddly, if I take an sharp intake of breath, such as when about to speak, a pain shoots up my thumb.

I was given amitriptyline and then Gabapentin for nerve pain. Both in low dose, supposedly it ...

I have found that often it’s not necessary to ream for the inserted bearings - the brass shafts seem to wear first leaving the body in quite good condition.
Just fitting new shafts has drastically reduced the wear on many I’ve done such that I didn’t fit the bushings.

The SU stepped reamer ISTR is mega expensive - so when absolutely necessary I bored the body on my lathe - I found ...

Thanks Willy. Finger strength seems to be slowly increasing. Little finger will move a bit but still stuck out. No tingling or numbness. Told not to cycle for a while. I walked 10 miles this morning with a friend - nice sunny day here. Can't sit around doing nothing.

Hope it goes OK Anam.

Guy, I'm interested to see how I respond when they wire me up for nerve conduction check. ...

What about an additive?

The image is for STP, but there is also Liquid Moly...

Nerves are surprising things. I cut myself across the heel of my left thumb with a Stanley knife. Quite deep, but very clean so once I had stemmed the blood flow the edges matched up neatly and stayed in place with a couple of turns of masking tape. It healed very quickly. But for months after, if I lightly touched near the base of my thumbnail I got a sharp pain followed by what I could only desc...